The meeco Group 2012 Global Solar Market Report

Swiss renewable energy group with steady growth, new market and solutions

2012 was the year major solar panel manufacturers like Q-Cells, Solyndra, Evergreen Solar or Solon went bankrupt. It will stay in people’s minds as a critical year for the entire solar energy sector, which depended heavily on government subsided green energy prices. The significant Feed-in Tariff cuts in Europe and uninterrupted solar PV modules price decrease deeply impacted the market behavior, the only positive note being the awakening of new emerging solar markets. Continuing economic challenges and changing policies have generated uncertainties, negative perspectives and reduced market growth in traditional renewable energy markets such as Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, the UK or even France.

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The meeco Group present at FILDA, Angola’s largest exhibition

Solar off-grid, mobile and latest energy storage solutions in Luanda From July 17 to 22, Luanda hosts the 29th edition of FILDA, the largest international exhibition in Angola. In a country of relentless economic expansion and great natural resources, FILDA is the only tradeshow to gather a wide range of growing industries among which can … Read more

The meeco Group launches sun2fish, the solar based fishing buoy

Solar technology to replace traditional kerosene fishing lamps Catching fish at night implies using a light source which, in Europe and North America, is often a diesel generator powered spot. In places such as the Lake Victoria, spread across three African nations (Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania), thousands of liters of kerosene are used every night … Read more